gen-algorithms-registry

#!/usr/bin/env python3
#
# Script to generate the multihash algorithms registry from the CSV file
import codecs
import csv
import urllib.request

url = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/multiformats/multibase/master/multibase.csv'
stream = urllib.request.urlopen(url)
csvdata = csv.reader(codecs.iterdecode(stream, 'utf-8'))

print("""
      <texttable anchor="mh-registry-table" title="Multihash Algorithms Registry">
        <ttcol align="center">Algorithm</ttcol>
        <ttcol align="center">Identifier (character)</ttcol>
        <ttcol align="center">Status</ttcol>
        <ttcol align="center">Specification</ttcol>
""")

for line in csvdata:
    codec = line[0].strip()
    identifier = line[1].strip()
    spec = line[2].strip().replace(
        'rfc4648', '<xref target="RFC4648">RFC 4648</xref>')
    status = line[3].strip()

    if(identifier == 'code'):
        continue

    if(status != 'default'):
        continue

    print(f'        <c>{codec}</c><c>{identifier}</c><c>{status}</c><c>{spec}</c>')

print('      </texttable>')